Exhilarating malfunction

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Today, I had an interesting brain malfunction.

As I was rummaging through the attic, I bumped into a box of old 3,5″ diskettes that were full of software I wrote fifteen years ago. Excited and eager to see what my code from back then looked like, I ran to my notebook only to realise that I no longer actually have a 3,5″ disk drive.

“I know what I’ll do!” I triumphantly declared to my startled cat. “I’ll just use VMWare to create a virtual Windows XP installation, and set that virtual machine up to have a disk drive.” Exhilaration, as they say, is that brief but exciting interval between having a brilliant idea and realising why it is actually a stupid idea.

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McService

Filed Under Annoyances, Journal

Recently, a mate and I sought out a McDonald’s drive-through, as we both had a bit of a hankering for overpriced grease. We ordered two limited-time-only-and-therefore-the-same-price-as-a-small-car Clogger Burgers and a variety of smaller bits and pieces. As we checked the bag to make sure everything we had ordered was actually in there, we noticed that we had only been given one Clogger.

“Excuse me, there only seems to be one Clogger in here, but we ordered (and paid for) two”, I politely said to the lady behind the window. She said nothing for a moment, regarding me with the kind of contempt normally reserved for people who have been caught in a compromising situation with a chicken. “Yeah, there was only one Clogger left in the heat tray” was her gum-chewing response.

After politely insisting on being given our second burger and then waiting a geologically significant length of time, we were wordlessly handed the second burger without so much as a humble “Sorry, here you go”.

But seriously, “There was only one left in the tray”? What kind of mental process precipitates that kind of remark?! Surely only an aggressive brain disease can cause anyone to believe that kind of reasoning is acceptable?

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